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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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